An Unusual Foreign Body in the Heart: A Case Report

Penetrating foreign bodies in the heart is rare and may lead to life-threatening complications. Early diagnosis and removal are crucial for these rare cases. We report a case of accidental penetrating sewing needle in the right ventricle. The needle was successfully removed without open heart surger...

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Autores principales: Supomo, Darmawan, Handy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Editorial Committee of Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6102607/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29176270
http://dx.doi.org/10.5761/atcs.cr.17-00117
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description Penetrating foreign bodies in the heart is rare and may lead to life-threatening complications. Early diagnosis and removal are crucial for these rare cases. We report a case of accidental penetrating sewing needle in the right ventricle. The needle was successfully removed without open heart surgery and cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), after accurate localization using transthoracic echocardiography (TTE).
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spelling pubmed-61026072018-08-23 An Unusual Foreign Body in the Heart: A Case Report Supomo, Darmawan, Handy Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Case Report Penetrating foreign bodies in the heart is rare and may lead to life-threatening complications. Early diagnosis and removal are crucial for these rare cases. We report a case of accidental penetrating sewing needle in the right ventricle. The needle was successfully removed without open heart surgery and cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), after accurate localization using transthoracic echocardiography (TTE). The Editorial Committee of Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2017-11-24 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC6102607/ /pubmed/29176270 http://dx.doi.org/10.5761/atcs.cr.17-00117 Text en ©2018 Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NonDerivatives International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)
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